Revolute Robotics brings in $1.9M to deploy its driving, flying robots - The Robot Report

Revolute Robotics, a Scottsdale-based startup founded in 2020, has raised $1.9 million to advance its hybrid aerial-terrestrial robots designed for autonomous inspection, security, and defense applications. The company’s robot features a durable exoskeleton and customizable payloads, enabling it to drive on the ground to conserve battery life and fly to overcome obstacles. This dual mobility allows longer inspection times over larger areas and access to confined, complex, and GPS-denied environments where traditional drones and robots cannot operate. Revolute’s platform supports multiple sensor types—including visual, thermal, gas, radiation detection, lidar mapping, and ultrasonic testing—making it a versatile “Swiss Army Knife” for industries such as oil and gas, power, chemicals, construction, and mining. The robot is already being used by security teams for perimeter patrols and threat response, and by defense teams for base patrol, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR), vehicle inspection, and search and rescue missions. The system also supports